63 years ago today Ireland become a Republic under the Republic of Ireland Act 1949. It was introduced by the first Inter-Party Government, led by Fine Gael Leader John A Costello and had cross party support and was passed unanimously in Dáil and Seanad Eireann. Here is opening speech for the second stage which took place on the 24th of November 1948. The Taoiseach: I move that the Bill be now read a Second Time. In moving this motion, Sir,...
One of the recommendations made in the Mahon Report, which is more then likely going to be over looked as most of the media will be looking at the findings against former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and others, is that Regional Authorities be directly elected. The Tribunal is making this decision due to the role that the Regional Authorities play in Regional Planning Guidelines (RPGs) which has an impact on Local Devlopment Plans and other decisions made by local authorities. There...
The Campaign for Children will be holding a public meeting tomorrow, Wednesday 25th, at 6pm in the Geogrpahy Lecture Hall in UCC. It is part of a series of public meetings to inform people about the work of the campaign. The Campaign is chaired by Former Supreme Court Justice Catherine McGuinness. Its board also contains some influential people, including Fergus Finlay of Barnardos and Olivia O’Leary. The Campaign raises very important issues and more importantly has suggestions to how they should be solved....
Over the 12th and 13th of November I spent time in the Cork School Music on the Wave Change programme from Social Entrepreneurs Ireland which I blogged about here. Over the two days there were speakers, such as Bill Liao and Myles McCorry of Bike Pure. We also had workshops on online and offline communication as well as some activities to get us thinking and learning about our skills. There was also a great opportunity to brain storm our ideas and help...
Are you aged between 18-25? Do want to see Social Change in Ireland? Do you want to change something in Irish Society? Check out Wave Change. Wave Change is a new programme being launched by Social Entrepreneurs Ireland for 18-25 year-olds who believe that they have a role to play in building the Ireland we all want to live in and who want to have a stronger voice in society. The programme provides training, development, seed funding and networking opportunities...
I got this via email, and for those interested in the UN Human Right Council or Human Rights in Ireland should definitely attend these meetings. I am going to try and attend the Cork meeting and will try and tweet from it. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Alan Shatter T.D. and the Minister of State for Disability, Equality and Mental Health, Kathleen Lynch T.D. are inviting members of the public and organisations to take part in public consultation meetings to...
We The Citizens launched today. Its an interesting idea that is trying to get people to stand up and get involved to change Ireland. They plan to hold a National Citizens Assembly in June following events in n Kilkenny, Cork, Galway, Athlone, Letterkenny and Dublin. I shall be attending the event in Cork. We The Citizens plans on keeping the pressure on politicians to reform our country for the better and ensure that they keep their promises. It will be an interesting...
I noticed on the way to work a number of interesting posters that have made an appearance! So today I decided to take my camera with me on the way to work. Here are the pictures that I took! Some people have a great sense of humour! Know of more funny posters? Leave a link in comments!
The 2nd constituency in Cork to polled this week after Cork North Central’s poll on Monday for the Irish Times. The Irish Examiner commissioned a phone survey of 500 voters in Cork South Central. The results are as follows: Simon Coveney (FG) 19%; Micheál Martin (FF) 18%; Ciarán Lynch (Lab) 14%; Michael McGrath (FF) 9%; Jerry Buttimer (FG) 9%; Deirdre Clune (FG) 8%; Chris O’Leary (SF) 8%; Paula Desmond (Lab) 5%; Michael Finn (Ind) 5%; Dan Boyle (GP) 3%;...
An bhfuil Bród agat?
Tonight while visiting the parents I stumbled upon Bernard Dunne’s Bród Club on RTE One. The was random in itself as my parents were in Lisvernane, Co. Tipperary who won TG4′s G-Team last Friday (aired Sunday on TG4) at the weekend and had been talking about the language. While I am far from fluent in Gaeilge Bródclub and the conversation on G-Team has managed to get me back thinking about how I use the cupla focal myself. I mainly...
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